Emmanuel Kisembo, a type 1 diabetes advocate from Kampala, Uganda, is a special initiatives programs manager at the Sonia Nabeta Foundation, which seeks to alleviate the hefty cost of treatment for low-income children with type 1 diabetes in Africa. Kisembo is also the author of Embracing the Pricks: The Journey to Acceptance Through the Lens of an African Type 1 Diabetes Warrior.

Kisembo was one the first eight advocates to join the NCDI Poverty Network’s Voices for PEN-Plus program, which launched in September 2023.